1940 VFL Season Round 18: Carlton v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1940 between Carlton and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Footscray at Princes Park. Jim Francis captained the hosts. Norm Ware captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brighton Diggins and the visitors were coached by Joe Kelly.

Carlton (15.12.102) defeated Footscray (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v Footscray
Date: Saturday 31 August 1940
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Footscray
Score: 15.12.102 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 5 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Footscray 4 . 4 7 . 8 10 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin CARL by 8 level CARL by 4 CARL by 22 CARL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Jim Francis
Coach: Brighton Diggins

Footscray

Captain: Norm Ware
Coach: Joe Kelly

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. O'Brien

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
34 Bignell, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
7 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob ? ? 0 ?
19 Cooper, Ron ? ? 2 ?
10 Francis, Jim (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob ? ? 2 ?
11 Hale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 3 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 McIntyre, Don ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 1 ?
20 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 2 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
26 Park, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Schmidt, Paul ? ? 2 ?
8 Skinner, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Wrout, Jack ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Cahill, Pat ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
2 Collins, Alan ? ? 0 ?
29 Crosling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
33 McPherson, Hughie ? ? 2 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
26 Page, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
34 Power, Billy ? ? 0 ?
6 Robinson, Lloyd ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
17 Ryan, Leo ? ? 0 ?
18 Sainsbury, Rob ? ? 0 ?
28 Sampson, Alf ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm (c) ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 14

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s